Browser ipfs-http-client not replicating pubsub from kubo daemon.

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• Version: Object { version: "0.14.0", commit: "", repo: "12", system: "amd64/linux", golang: "go1.18.3", "ipfs-http-client": "1.0.0" }

• Platform: 64 bit Ubuntu. Firefox 102.0.1.

Severity:

High - The main functionality of the application does not work, API breakage, repo format breakage, etc.

Description:

I am running a kubo ipfs daemon on a given machine. I'm using ipfs-http-client (version 57.0.0) on a Node.js application server on the same machine to write entries to a database. If I connect other ipfs-http-clients running on on the same node server (different multithreaded processes), I am able to retrieve the oplog and build the index of database entries. However, when I try to use a browserified bundle (version 56.0.0 due to bundling issues with later versions) and run the ipfs-http-client in the browser, I am able to open the database, but the oplog returns as empty. It seems like something about the browser environment is preventing pubsub/the oplog from functioning properly, whereas the same general setup with Node.js worked as expected (each ipfs-http-client instance and orbitdb instance was able to maintain it's own synced copy of the database).

Steps to reproduce the error:

• Run kubo ipfs daemon.
• Connect to it on localhost with ipfs-http-client and orbitdb client on a Node.js server process A.
• Repeat the above step on another process B for verification.
• Create oplog entry by eg. put() a document via client A.
• get('') the database from client B and observe that the entry is replicated.
• Build a browser bundle with ipfs-http-client and orbit-db using browserify.
• Instantiate browser client C and open the database.
• get('') the database via client C and observe that it is not replicated.